Drone footage from Newtown Creek, Isle of Wight

[henryf]

We stayed overnight at Newtown Creek on Thursday and I shot a quick video Friday morning before setting off up to Lincoln.

Sunshine and Lincoln City winning football. For a February in England I'll take that.....




Henry

 

[benjenbav]

It could catch on, this boating lark, with footage like that. Epic.

 

[Hurricane]

Nice and steady, Henry.
Good smooth panning.
I got my Mavic last week - these new Intelligent Flying modes should produce some great videos this year.
Are you running the DJI Go 4 App?

 

[scubaman]

Very very nice. Especially loved the bit from around 2:00 onwards. The reflection of the clouds on the water was stunning. As were the colours. Do you do any grading in post or was that what the dji produced?

 

[Deleted User YDKXO]

Blimey bimini up in Feb in England. I guess global warming is really here then Nice vid Henry. Brings back some memories

 

[mjf]

Wonderful

Looks like a couple of new buoys around the corner?

 

[henryf]

Thanks for the kind words.

Yes, using Phantom 4 with the DJI Go App on my phone. I do everything manually rather than via intelligent modes because I'm a bit worried by reports of drones just shooting off without notice. I know everything is working ok because the drone responds there & then.

The footage from 2.00 onward is lovely isn't it. You just need to plan where the sun is shining from and I was up nice and early so the water was flat calm. Colours are all as per the camera. I haven't used colour grading up to now but might try for the first time with a video currently in edit. I grew a pair of balls and finally filmed the boat underway. Did have one panic stations moment but more of that when I post the video....

You probably use the bimini to shade you from the sun. I see it as a giant umbrella

They have changed the entrance markers possibly last year when the removed the isolated danger post and put a floating marker in it's place. Not sure of any other changes.

Henry

 

[Deleted User YDKXO]

You probably use the bimini to shade you from the sun. I see it as a giant umbrella

Didnt think of that

 

[henryf]

Didnt think of that

It actually works really well in keeping the worst of any shower off the top deck. I suspect the Princess marketing department would struggle with the umbrella concept though as it never rains in boating land

Henry

 

[rafiki_]

Great vid, and very helpful to those of us planning to visit this year as newbies. A bit confused about the footie reference H, wasn't the match in Burnley?

 

[Hurricane]

Thanks for the kind words.

Yes, using Phantom 4 with the DJI Go App on my phone. I do everything manually rather than via intelligent modes because I'm a bit worried by reports of drones just shooting off without notice. I know everything is working ok because the drone responds there & then.

I'm assuming that you have a Phantom 4.
If so, there is a new DJI Go App called DJI Go 4
To begin with, there were reports of it not working very well but it seems fine on the Mavic.

I've checked out the intelligent flight modes - I think that are great.
Framing the subject when flying is difficult for me - bit like patting my head and rubbing my tummy at the same time (even though it is a big tummy!!)
These new intelligent flight modes do all the work for you.
Just start "Active Tracking" tap the subject to track and thats it - it really works - keeps the subject framed.
Should be great for boat running shots.
Might only be on the new DJI Go 4 App though.

This is a video from DJI on how the Mavic does it but I'm sure the Phantom 4 works the same way.

 

[henryf]

Great vid, and very helpful to those of us planning to visit this year as newbies. A bit confused about the footie reference H, wasn't the match in Burnley?

I was born in Lincoln and went back up at the weekend to see my Mum so was at "home" when we won.

Henry

 

[rafiki_]

I was born in Lincoln and went back up at the weekend to see my Mum so was at "home" when we won.

Henry

I see �� Your team saw mine off in the previous round. Very deserved victory.

 

[benjenbav]

I was born in Lincoln and went back up at the weekend to see my Mum so was at "home" when we won.

Henry

Anyone ever seen henryf and colin furze in the same room? A virtual pint says that this sound track (Stamford cowboys) might be used for the next drone footage of a Princess 50:

 

[henryf]

Mum went to school in Stamford........


H.

 

[mlines]

Drone over Newtown creek - great, an airborne target next time I am down on the range!

 

[henryf]

Drone over Newtown creek - great, an airborne target next time I am down on the range!

Shooting a rifle up into the sky is only ever going to end in tears.

Just to remind you when discharging a rifle you need to have a backstop. That bullet keeps going way beyond your missed target. Even a lowly .22 bullet has a range of about 800 metres and at 500 metres has more power than an unlicensed air rifle at the muzzle.

I suspect they don't use larger calibre 7.62 rifles on that range, certainly I've never heard them being used. I only ever used .22 ballistics indoors so it's easy to think of them as less deadly. They aren't.

 

[mlines]

They do fire 7.62


And by the damage on the protective steel screen on the range side of the small hut you can see on the top of the hill, they have fired 50cal at some point.

Of course I am aware of usage of a rifle

 

[henryf]

I can see they have firing positions at 100, 200 and 300 yards although the last 2 don't seem to get used much, in particular the 300 yard position.

 

[mlines]

25, 100, 200, 300 and 400 but the 400 is not in service